Fort Wayne Snider and Carroll are an even 5-5 against one another since August of 2017, but not for long. The Fort Wayne Snider Panthers will venture away from home to square off against the Carroll Chargers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Carroll is hoping to do what Fort Wayne South Side couldn't on Friday: put an end to Fort Wayne Snider's winning streak, which now stands at three games. Everything went Fort Wayne Snider's way against Fort Wayne South Side as Fort Wayne Snider made off with a 35-14 victory. Given the Panthers' advantage in MaxPreps' Indiana football rankings (they are ranked 14th, while the Archers are ranked 180th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, a well-balanced attack led Carroll over Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger in every quarter on their way to victory on Friday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Carroll blew Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger out of the water with a 31-3 final score. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Chargers.
Jimmy Sullivan was his usual excellent self, rushing for 94 yards and two touchdowns, while also throwing for 205 yards and a touchdown while completing 73.9% of his passes. The bulk of thoserushing yards came from one huge play: a run that gained an incredible 54 yards. Carroll also got a significant boost from Nate Starks, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 134 yards.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Carroll was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 258 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in September of 2023.
Fort Wayne Snider's win bumped their record up to 3-1. As for Carroll, the victory also got them back to even at 2-2.
Fort Wayne Snider came out on top in a nail-biter against Carroll in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, sneaking past 27-24. The rematch might be a little tougher for Fort Wayne Snider since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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